HP Fabric Clustering System HP-UX Administrator's Guide, March 2008
HP-IB> enable
HP-IB#
3. Enter the global-configuration mode.
HP-IB# configure
HP-IB(config)#
4. Create the user account and user password.
The user name and password are alphanumeric strings up to 34 characters each.
HP-IB(config)# username ib-admin password ib-passwd
where ib-admin is the name assigned to this user account, password is a mandatory
keyword, and ib-passwd is the password for this user account.
5. Assign an SNMP community string to the new user account.
If you do not want users to have SNMP access to the switch system, do not assign them a
community string. By default, a new user account has a null or empty community string.
HP-IB(config)# username ib-admin community-string ib-commStr
where, ib-admin is the name of the user account, community-string is a mandatory
keyword. ib-commStr is the SNMP community string for this user account.
6. Assign access privileges.
By default, the new user account has read-only access.
7. Enter multiple access privileges in the order shown in “Setting Administrative Roles”
(page 104).
HP-IB(config)# username ib-admin privilege ib-rw
where, ib-admin is the name of the user account, privilege is a mandatory keyword,
and ib-rw, ip-ethernet-ro, and fc-rw are access privileges. Valid access privileges
are described in “Setting Administrative Roles” (page 104).
All new user accounts are now enabled and ready for use.
8. Exit the global-configuration mode.
9. View the new user account information.
HP-IB(config)# exit
HP-IB# show user ib-admin
============================================================================
User Information
============================================================================
username : ib-admin
password : ib-passwd
snmp-community : ib-commStr
permission-level : ib-rw
admin-status : enabled
num-logins : 0
num-unsuccessful-logins : 0
last-login :
last-unsuccessful-login :
HP-IB#
Deleting a User Account
1. Log in as the unrestricted user.
Only a user with unrestricted permissions may create and modify user accounts.
HP-IB# Login: super
Password: xxxx
HP-IB>
2. Enter the privileged-user mode.
HP-IB> enable
HP-IB#
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